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How McLaren's split strategies helped Norris upset Piastri

Laurence Edmondson

created: Aug. 3, 2025, 4:44 p.m. | updated: Aug. 4, 2025, 3:58 p.m.

Lando Norris beat McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by just 0.698 seconds in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix. The key benefit of the one-stop strategy, which perhaps wasn't considered fully pre-race, was the free air it presented to Norris. play 1:26 Norris says Hungarian GP victory down to 'taking a risk' Lando Norris breaks down McLaren's strategy behind his Hungarian Grand Prix win. With 10 races remaining, the most potent punches are, perhaps, still being pulled when the two drivers race wheel-to-wheel. But Stella, like Brown, is clear: McLaren is committed to letting its drivers race.

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